First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then the Real Fun Begins
Weddings are wonderful, but marriages take work. This month has prompted a lot of memories of my own wedding. It was a beautiful, fairytale wedding with my closest friends and family. It’s amazing what you learn about relationships and what’s really important after you’ve been married for a while. I had no real idea of how hard marriage would be. I am...
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Healthy Lifestyle Committee
Team coordinators from last year's community walking competition. With this month dedicated to women’s heart health, Maureen Hillary believes it’s important to have the awareness out there. “Women especially need to know they’re susceptible to heart disease, the greatest killer of women,” Hillary said. “Women keep taking care of everybody but...
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Fall in Love with Italian Cuisine
Emil's signature red door on Michigan Avenue. Why is it that the majority of dates are conducted in a restaurant? Is it because when you are in love your senses are heightened? I suppose it makes sense, after all having your senses stimulated is one of the great pleasures in life, so perhaps that’s why love and food go hand in hand. Choosing the right...
Continue ReadingWith a Capital EM: Memories Heal a Broken Heart
My heart is broken. For the first time in my life someone really close to me has passed way. On Jan. 11, 2012 my grandfather, Jim Fitzgerald, left this world — with any luck — for a better one. He was 85 years old and lived one of the richest lives imaginable. The second oldest of five siblings, he grew up in Port Huron, was recruited into the Army and...
Continue ReadingFor Pete’s Take: Matters of the Heart
Okay guys, one of the top five special days for your sweetheart is right around the corner. I’m not talking about the Super Bowl or President’s Day or even Fat Tuesday. I rank this day as the third most important day you can never forget, right behind your wife’s birthday and your wedding anniversary. Yep, it’s Valentine’s Day. They make it easy...
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
I don’t understand all the criticism toward Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Yes, it takes place directly after 9/11, what young Oskar calls “the worst day,” but the movie is about much more than that specific tragedy in our history. It’s about how people cope with tragedy in general, how to deal with loss...
Continue ReadingGood News February 2012
Lauren Evans Moves to Evening News WILX-TV recently made changes to their anchor line-up. Beginning Jan. 16 David Andrews took over anchor responsibilities for WILX’s top-ranked New 10 Today morning newscast. Lauren Evans, who previously held that position, is now on the evening news, teaming up with Jason Colthorp, Andy Provenzano and Tim Staudt to...
Continue Reading5 Steps to Start Saving
If you’re anything like me, you overspent (again) during the holiday season and vowed to get your finances back on track as one of your 2012 resolutions. Resolving to save more money is one of the most common resolutions. Now that January’s passed, and some of us are already losing motivation to stick with our savings resolutions. Here are a few easy steps...
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Kristin O’Lear: The Battle of a Lifetime
Many women dream of their wedding day years before it happens. The dress, the flowers, the location and, perhaps most importantly, their loved one waiting at the altar. In all the wedding fantasies a woman could ever dream, no one ever imagines having to plan a wedding in three weeks because they’ve been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and their fiancée...
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Wedding Wear
Special occasion shopping can be stressful. Our advice? You when receive a save-the-date for a wedding start dress hunting then and there. We realize that can’t always happen and so we’re here to help. If you’ll be attending a wedding this spring we have a few suggestions of what you might want to wear, even if you’ll be attending in an official capacity...
Continue ReadingWired Wedding Planning
You’re getting married! Congratulations! Now what? It’s been a long time since I had anything to do with planning a wedding, so if you are looking for checklists of everything you need to do, you aren’t going to find that here. However, I was chatting with Tiffany Swartz from Dimondale and she explained that social media was a very important factor...
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Recipe of the Month: Homemade Cheese Crackers
From the kitchen of Leonie Hintze. Ingredients 1 cup salted butter, melted 1 cup all purpose flour 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (for best results, buy a chunk and grate cheese yourself) (important is the equal distribution in 1/3 of each ingredient, you choose how much) 1 egg yolk spices of your choice (basil, caraway seeds, sesame seeds, curry, lemon pepper,...
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